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Effete Snob

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3. No one said the Iowa Democratic Party is racist

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Tue Dec 6, 2022, 01:23 PM

Dec 2022

"That Iowa is too White, with the implicit (and often explicit) suggestion that we are racist."

That is an idiotic conclusion. That's not what is being said at all.

Certainly, the entire slate of candidates can be selected by a small group of white men, as long as they are not racist or biased against women. But that is not an affirmative reason to say, "Okay, well, then we will let this set of fairminded white men decide for everyone else." They may indeed be the most fairminded white men, but they are simply not representative of the electorate.

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Have you read Art Cullen's latest Op Ed about the DNC decision? Ouch. [View all] progressoid Dec 2022 OP

Oh bullshit, Art. Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #1

Iowa told Americans to drop dead long ago. onecaliberal Dec 2022 #2

No one said the Iowa Democratic Party is racist Effete Snob Dec 2022 #3

What could I call it? StClone Dec 2022 #9

Caucuses are generally problematic viva la Dec 2022 #4

caucuses are the worst bottomofthehill Dec 2022 #5

I like being in a room full of Democrats. It feels good. IA8IT Dec 2022 #6

Single parents, elderly, disabled, carless viva la Dec 2022 #7

Been mulling this over for a bit. Cullen's reaction is not much a surprise rurallib Dec 2022 #8